this girl drives a tank

4° 17' 05.62" N 73° 25' 38.02" E

When, not if, I win the lottery, I will never again endure another Canadian winter. Instead I will depart every fall on October 1st to the series of atoll's in Indian Ocean known as the Maldives.

The Maldives (Google Map) have been luring me for many years now. I never had much interest in some of the more popular resort locations, Las Vegas for example, or even Mexico's famous resorts like Cancun hold no magic for me.

What I like is the ocean, the sun and the limited number of people, for me the Maldives fit the bill perfectly. I even know, out of the 1,192 islands which one I will reside on:



It doesn't have a name as far as I can tell, but for now I call it paradise. Until my windfall arrives however, all I can do is wistfully look at it from time to time in google-earth.